Francis Strother Lyon

Francis Strother Lyon (25 February 1800-31 December 1882) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-AL 5) from 1835 to 1839, succeeding John Murphy and preceding James Dellet).

Biography
Francis Strother Lyon was born in Stokes County, North Carolina in 1800, the nephew of General Edmund Pendleton Gaines and Colonel George Strother Gaines. He moved to Marengo County, Alabama in 1817 to live with his uncle George, and he was admitted to the bar in 1821. From 1822 to 1830, he was secretary of the State Senate, and he served in the State Senate from 1833 to 1834. He then went ont os erve in the US House of Representatives from 1835 to 1839, and he was in charge of administering the bankrupt state banking system from 1845 to 1853. From 1862 to 1865, he served in the Confederate Congress, and he returned to the State Senate in 1876 and died in Demopolis in 1882.